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MRFBC launches clinical trial to assess impact of bevacizumab and vemurafenib in melanoma patients

The Melanoma Research Foundation Breakthrough Consortium has launched a new clinical trial to assess the impact of concomitant administration of bevacizumab (Avastin) with vemurafenib (Zelboraf) in patients with BRAFV600 mutation positive metastatic melanoma.

8 Oct 2013

CARUNDA24: A non-invasive continuous blood pressure measurement system

Freienbach, Switzerland: About 1 in 4 people in Switzerland suffer from high blood pressure; worldwide more than 1 billion people are affected increasing the risk of heart attack, cerebral haemorrhage or a stroke. Unfortunately, most affected people don't measure their blood pressure regularly as the measurement method is too complicated and uncomfortable to be part of a daily routine.

8 Oct 2013

Advantages of on-site analytical laboratories outlined in new white paper from PCI

PCI, a global supplier of pharmaceutical commercial packaging solutions and clinical trials services, announces the availability of a white paper detailing the advantages of having on-site analytical laboratories in order to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical industry.

From Packaging Coordinators Inc. (PCI) 7 Oct 2013

Kiadis Pharma signs Services Agreement with GRCBDS for Phase II clinical study with ATIR

Kiadis Pharma B.V., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for blood cancers, announced today that a Services Agreement has been signed with the German Red Cross Blood Donor Service Baden-Wuerttemberg-Hessen (GRCBDS) whereby GRCBDS will provide pharmaceutical development and GMP manufacturing services for Kiadis Pharma's ongoing Phase II clinical study with ATIR™.

7 Oct 2013

$Research on calcium supplements and vitamin D, risk of fractures and more to be released at ASBMR$

Research on calcium supplements and vitamin D, risk of fractures and more to be released at ASBMR

New research on calcium supplements and vitamin D, risk of fractures in older men, and the new culprit in bone fractures, weak muscles, and more will be released at the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2013 Annual Meeting in Baltimore, the largest scientific meeting in the world on bone and mineral metabolism.

7 Oct 2013

Water quality expert investigates health risks associated with bathing waters in UK

By investigating health risks associated with bathing waters, scientists are contributing to future reviews and revision of the EU's Bathing Water Directive.

7 Oct 2013

Researchers discover way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles

A group of Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers and collaborators at MIT and MGH have found a way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles.

5 Oct 2013

Researchers suggest new view of how stem cells may help repair brain following trauma

University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following trauma. In a series of preclinical experiments, they report that transplanted cells appear to build a "biobridge" that links an uninjured brain site where new neural stem cells are born with the damaged region of the brain.

4 Oct 2013

J&J's Janssen Companies Launch A Trio Of Collaborations

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3 Oct 2013

McMaster vaccine offers new hopes for global fight against TB

A tuberculosis vaccine developed at McMaster University offers new hopes for the global fight against tuberculosis.

3 Oct 2013

Researchers launch phase II clinical trial of rectal microbicide to prevent HIV infections

Taking an important step toward the development of a product to prevent HIV infections associated with unprotected anal sex, researchers today announced the launch of a global Phase II clinical trial of a potential rectal microbicide.

3 Oct 2013

Specialized cells play major role in inflammation that underlies Crohn's disease in small intestine

Scientists have discovered that Crohn's disease, the inflammatory bowel disorder, can originate from specialised intestinal cell type called Paneth cells. As such, they propose that small intestinal Crohn's disease might be a specific disorder of this cell type, providing a possible new target for treatments.

3 Oct 2013

Adamas Pharmaceuticals reports positive results from ADS-5102 Phase 2/3 EASED clinical trial

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented positive results today from the Phase 2/3 EASED clinical trial of ADS-5102 at the World Parkinson's Congress. ADS-5102 is Adamas' proprietary long-acting capsule formulation of amantadine HCl in development for the treatment of levodopa-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease patients.

2 Oct 2013

Hypertension Drug May Aid Cancer Treatment

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2 Oct 2013

Genetic discovery could take guesswork out of prescribing correct dose of drugs

The discovery of genetic differences affecting up to a third of the population could take the guesswork out of prescribing the correct dose of 25 percent of drugs currently on the market, researchers say.

2 Oct 2013

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

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1 Oct 2013

Research reveals significant role of Axl receptor in progression, therapeutic resistance of AML

BerGenBio AS, an oncology biopharmaceutical company, announces that a paper entitled "Axl, a prognostic and therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukemia mediates paracrine cross-talk of leukemia cells with bone marrow stroma" by Ben-Batalla et al., has been published in Blood, the most cited peer-reviewed research journal in the field of hematology.

1 Oct 2013

Clinical Trial News and Research

MRFBC launches clinical trial to assess impact of bevacizumab and vemurafenib in melanoma patients

CARUNDA24: A non-invasive continuous blood pressure measurement system

Advantages of on-site analytical laboratories outlined in new white paper from PCI

Kiadis Pharma signs Services Agreement with GRCBDS for Phase II clinical study with ATIR

Research on calcium supplements and vitamin D, risk of fractures and more to be released at ASBMR

Water quality expert investigates health risks associated with bathing waters in UK

Researchers discover way to use stem cells as drug delivery vehicles

Researchers suggest new view of how stem cells may help repair brain following trauma

J&J's Janssen Companies Launch A Trio Of Collaborations

McMaster vaccine offers new hopes for global fight against TB

Researchers launch phase II clinical trial of rectal microbicide to prevent HIV infections

Specialized cells play major role in inflammation that underlies Crohn's disease in small intestine

Adamas Pharmaceuticals reports positive results from ADS-5102 Phase 2/3 EASED clinical trial

Hypertension Drug May Aid Cancer Treatment

Genetic discovery could take guesswork out of prescribing correct dose of drugs

FDA Approves Takeda-Lundbeck Drug For Major Depressive Disorder

Research reveals significant role of Axl receptor in progression, therapeutic resistance of AML

OptimEx study may show how to prevent and limit extent of heart failure through exercise

Omeros' OMS824 gets FDA orphan drug designation for treatment of Huntington's disease

Study suggests relationship between smoking history, response to inhibiting PD-L1/PD-1 pathway

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